[29] The French General commanding the Allied Forces at Salonika.
[30] Baron von der Büsche; he became later Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Office at Berlin.
[31] The River Sereth divides Wallachia from Moldavia.
[32] Presan was one of Rumania’s ablest generals; he had commanded the Northern Army at the commencement of hostilities, and was entrusted with the direction of the operations for the defence of Bucharest. After the retreat into Moldavia he became Chief of Staff to the King.
[33] Dorna Vatra is a town in the Carpathians on the S.W. frontier of Bukovina.
[34] The River Pruth defines part of the frontier between Rumania and Bessarabia and enters the Danube at Galatz.
[35] About 60 per cent. of the supplies of ammunition sent by the Western Powers to Rumania were lost or stolen in transit through Russia.
[36] These Articles prescribed the position of the King of Rumania as Commander-in-Chief of all forces in Rumanian territory. After the retreat into Moldavia, advantage was taken of the somewhat inexplicit character of these Articles and the preponderance of Russian troops to place King Ferdinand under the orders of the Czar.
[37] The former German Minister to Bucharest.
[38] “Kyrie Eleison,” the Greek for “Lord have mercy on us,” described by Cardinal Wiseman as “that cry for mercy which is to be found in every liturgy of East and West.”